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Zone 03 · North Island

Port Hardy is 400 km past Duke Point. We plan it that way.

Kattz Logistics coordinates commercial freight to Courtenay, Comox, Campbell River, Port McNeill and Port Hardy, from the Duke Point terminal up Highway 19.

Our North Island freight crosses to Duke Point and goes up Highway 19. Courtenay and Comox are about 120 and 130 km from the terminal, Campbell River about 170 km, Port McNeill and Port Hardy about 365 and 400 km. On runs that long, the sailing, the driver's day and the receiver's hours have to be planned as one move.

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The request opens with the North Island as the destination.

North Island, shaded, with the way in from Duke Point. The ringed dot is Kattz, in Nanaimo. Zone lines are approximate: they group the places we deliver to, not municipal boundaries. Coastline: Natural Earth.

The way in

How freight reaches the North Island

We bring it by commercial barge to Duke Point, then north on Highway 19: four-lane divided highway as far as Campbell River, built by the Vancouver Island Highway Project between 1992 and 2002, then a two-lane highway north of Campbell River toward Sayward. The highway carries on to Port McNeill and Port Hardy.

Source: TranBC (2016); BC Government news release, June 7, 2019.

  1. 01Port pickupOne of the five Vancouver-area port facilities, inside the terminal's reservation window.
  2. 02The crossingTilbury or Surrey to Duke Point by commercial barge; the Tilbury lane ran 3–5 sailings a day in the Province's 2022 count. Seaspan's Duke Point terminal serves the North Island as well as the Mid and South.
  3. 03Duke PointA Kattz tractor meets the trailer and takes the Duke Point Highway to Highway 19 north.
  4. 04Highway 19Four lanes, divided, to Campbell River: about 120 km to Courtenay and 170 km to Campbell River. Two lanes north of Campbell River; Port Hardy is about 235 km beyond it.
  5. 05ReceiverDelivered to the appointment; the equipment goes back on a return sailing.

Road distances from Duke Point

Road distances from Duke Point
CommunityFrom Duke Point
Courtenay120 km
Comox130 km
Campbell River170 km
Port McNeill365 km
Port Hardy400 km

Road distances: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors), terminal to town centre, computed 2026-10-05 and rounded to the nearest 5 km. A truck's route can differ.

What is different about North Island deliveries

Distance is the plan

Port Hardy is about 400 km from Duke Point by road, 800 km there and back, and Campbell River to Port Hardy alone is about 235 km. That far north, which sailing the trailer catches decides when it reaches the receiver, so the crossing is booked from the delivery backward.

Source: OSRM on OpenStreetMap.

The highway changes at Campbell River

The Vancouver Island Highway Project of 1992 to 2002 built four-lane divided highway from Nanaimo to Campbell River. North of Campbell River, Highway 19 toward Sayward is two lanes; in 2019 the Province contracted a 900 m southbound passing lane about 25 km north of the city, due by spring 2020.

Source: TranBC (2016); BC Government news release, June 7, 2019.

Red-painted steel pipe with grey end caps stacked in an open shipping container, braced with orange lashing
Capped pipe, braced in the box.

What we handle on the North Island

How we work, wherever the receiver is

  • Built around you.

    We start with how the shipment needs to arrive.

  • Early is on time.

    Receiving appointments are not suggestions.

  • Find the practical way.

    When freight gets complicated, experience takes over.

  • Watch the total cost.

    We look for smarter ways to move freight, not another line item.

Why Kattz

FAQ

North Island freight, answered

How far is Port Hardy from Duke Point?

About 400 km by road from Seaspan's Duke Point barge terminal, almost all of it on Highway 19: four-lane divided highway as far as Campbell River, then two lanes north toward Sayward, and on to Port McNeill and Port Hardy. Campbell River to Port Hardy alone is about 235 km.

Do you deliver to Courtenay and Comox?

Yes. They are about 120 and 130 km from Duke Point, by Highway 19 and the Comox Valley Parkway.

Which drop-trailer terminal serves the North Island?

Duke Point, near Nanaimo. Seaspan's Duke Point terminal serves the North, Mid and South Island, and the Tilbury lane ran 3–5 drop-trailer sailings a day in the Province's 2022 count. From there the trailer goes north on Highway 19.

Other Island zones

How freight gets to Vancouver Island, and what the crossing costs

Sources

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Going to the Comox Valley, Campbell River, Port McNeill or Port Hardy? Tell us where the receiver is and when they can take it.

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